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Modification of the ³He Phase Diagram by Anisotropic Disorder.
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Physical Review Letters . 12/2/2011, Vol. 107 Issue 23, p235504-1-235504-5. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Motivated by the recent prediction that uniaxially compressed aerogel can stabilize the anisotropic A phase over the isotropic B phase, we measure the pressure dependent superfluid fraction of ³He entrained in 10% axially compressed, 98% porous aerogel. We observe that a broad region of the temperaturepressure phase diagram is occupied by the metastable A phase. The reappearance of the A phase on warming from the B phase, before superfluidity is extinguished at Tc, is in contrast to its absence in uncompressed aerogel. The phase diagram is modified from that of pure ³He, with the disappearance of the polycritical point (PCP) and the appearance of a region of A phase extending below the PCP of bulk ³He, even in zero applied magnetic field. The expected alignment of the A phase texture by compression is not observed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00319007
- Volume :
- 107
- Issue :
- 23
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Physical Review Letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 70489776
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.235504